The Region of Douro “Vinhateiro”

Discover the Douro wine landscape, classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and enjoy its several wines of excellence, known worldwide.

This tour begins with the arrival at Porto followed with a journey in a scenic train.

The following day we will do a trail that starts and ends in Alijó, near the century-old sycamore tree of this small town. In this village you can find constructions, among others, that dates back to past centuries.

The trail of the 3rd day starts in Favaios, one of the 5 villages in the Douro Demarcated Region that is officially known as “Aldeia Vinhateira” (wine-growing traditional village) and where you will get to know the famous “Favaios bread” and the well-known and distinctive Favaios Moscatel wine.

Inserted in the region of Cima Corgo, right in the heart of the Douro Demarcated Wine Region and Alto Douro Vinhateiro, there is a wine producing landscape classified by UNESCO as a living evolutive cultural landscape. In the 4th day of hiking, we will be enjoying it. To conclude the day we will visit an emblematic winery .

In the next day, the trail begins and finishes in the parish church of the village of Samodães, walking throught it we will get to see the paronamic views of the Douro Valley. After we will visit an emblematic winery and there have a taste of the regional wine.

The 6th day will take you to one of the most beautiful and symbolic St James Ways. As it is inserted in the Douro Demarcated Region, the walk will fill your eyes with unique landscapes, as well as the unavoidable view to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Remedies.

In our last day of hiking we will again follow the steps of the St James Way, but this time from Régua to Santa Marta de Penaguião. As part of Douro Region one of the many views that you will appreciate are the historical vineyards.

You will spend the last day of the tour as a free day at Porto

 

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